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MFS, Coventry: Stasi

“MFS Midland Fire and Security Systems Alarm Systems” burglar alarm, Coventry • Bet you didn’t know MFS could stand for “Ministerium für Staatssicherheit”, aka East German security bastards the Stasi. Well, you do now. That apart, this seems an unnecessarily complex design to me, but at least it features a triangle. • Spotted: Earlsdon Street, Coventry, West Midlands, England, 2013 • Politics: In the Labour constituency of Coventry South

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